Okay, I'm speaking from my own observations
here. If anyone has any other information, please let me know. It is my belief
that this is the only dust jacket among the vintage paperbacks that was
laminated. The effect of this has become catastrophic due to aging, and while
the jacket itself is not as scarce as other Bantam DJ's, ones in good condition
are extremely rare. (Signet covered several Penguin books with glossy dust
jackets, but I have never observed lamination problems with those, and I believe
they simply used a thick, magazine-style glossy paper.) Click the thumbnail on the left and observe normal laminate
puckering, creasing and peeling. The laminate also caused a chemical reaction
in the paper over the years, and it is not uncommon to see bleed-through on the
inside of the jacket paper. The "Carrie" jackets' colors are often faded. If you can find a jacket
such as the example on the right, chances are that the book has been
bagged or protected in some other way over most of the past sixty years. The
book itself (center scan) was also laminated.